College Recruiting Weekly Podcast

Episode 229: Taking Your Recruiting Message Deep and Wide

On this episode, join host Dan Tudor as he drives back to the airport after leaving a client meeting with a coaching staff who works one-on-one with the experts at Tudor

Episode 228: Ascending Recruiting Levels by Managing Momentum

How can you take your prospects through the different levels of increasing interest as you spend time in the recruiting process? That's a question that Dan Tudor address

Episode 227: The Financial Future of College Athletics

On this episode, we're joined by Heart of America Athletic Conference Commissioner, Nik Rule, opens up about a post on X that has gotten a lot of attention because of it'

Episode 226: The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Ask a Prospect to Commit

Coaches work hard to get to the end of the process when the prospects they really want might be ready to commit. But what's the right way to ask that big question? More

Episode 225: Developing a Win Deep Culture in Your Program

On the season premier of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, we start off this year's show - and your new year of building a program - with culture guru and former col

Episode 224: What's the Right Ongoing Message to Our Committed Prospects?

You're done recruiting - maybe even earlier than you thought! - and now the big questions are... - What do I do now? - What's my message to this class of commits? - How

Episode 223: What's the Future of NIL?

On today's episode, Dan Tudor talks one-on-one with Bill Carter, the founder of NIL Forum and a university professor who specializes in understanding NIL and it's role in

Episode 222: Asking Your Prospect the Right Questions, and Giving Them the Right Answers

On this episode, we talk to Bob Stocking, who is going to teach you something you probably didn't know you needed to know how to do: Asking the right questions of your p

Episode 221: The Case for Cultures Created by Coaches

Do coaches create their culture? Or, does their culture dictate the actions by the coach? Every college coach and recruiter struggles with that idea, as well as the basi

Episode 220: Rebuilding Your Program

Why does this episode an important one? Because at some point in your college coaching career, you've either gone through a rebuild of your program, or you will in the f

Episode 219: Understanding the Mindset of the Parent of a Rising Athlete Prospect

Ever wonder what's going on inside the mind of your typical student-athlete parent as their son or daughter goes through childhood? Today's guest did, and conducted some

Episode 218: The Challenges of Recruiting and Roster Management

Modern college roster management is already a challenge for coaches. Now, add in new roster limitations and the constant comings and goings of athletes through the Transf

Episode 217: Lessons From an Athletic Director Who Also Advises Rising Prospects

As a follow-up to our previous episode, we continue the theme of learning insights about this new generation of college prospects from a college Athletic Director. Keith

Episode 216: Understanding the Blueprint to This Generation of Athletic Prospect

Want to know what your prospects are thinking, and what priorities they are focusing on when it comes to going through the recruiting process? On today's show, we talk t

Episode 215: The Cheat Sheet for Landing Your Next Coaching Job

Starting to think about making that next jump in your college coaching career? You're going to love this episode! We've had the chance to talk to athletic directors and

Episode 214: Influencing the Influencers in Your Prospect's Recruiting Decision

In the middle of the recruiting process, coaches usually have that "sit up in bed in the middle of the night" type of moment when they realize they haven't done a good jo

Episode 213: Recruiting's Early Stage Priority: Feelings Over Facts

On this episode, we talk about an important part of the stage as you begin the recruiting process. It's important to connect with your prospect first rather than jumpin

Episode 212: Lessons in Leadership and Program Building from Lance Von Vogt

Are you a coach looking to build a successful program, while avoiding the mistakes that usually go along with that effort? Or, are you an Athletic Director who has the o

Episode 211: The Art of Telling Your Prospect "No"

It's our Season 11 premier of the College Recruiting Weekly podcast, and we have a great conversation you're going to learn a lot from today. As much as we talk about yo

Episode 210: Better Strategies for Integrating Your New Athletes Into Your Program

Are you finding that it seems harder and harder to successful (and quickly) integrate your new first year and transfer athletes into your program? If so, you're not alon